diff --git a/client/devkit_client/__init__.py b/client/devkit_client/__init__.py
index 42bdb1fc7f9e5757c4985b16da6529ed62a3a420..0b163a2973ea7a4f762f127d8ac686562432208f 100644
--- a/client/devkit_client/__init__.py
+++ b/client/devkit_client/__init__.py
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ import tempfile
 import pathlib
 import re
 import threading
-import winreg
-
 import appdirs
 
+if platform.system() == 'Windows':
+    import winreg
+
 import paramiko
 import devkit_client.zeroconf as zeroconf
 import devkit_client.captured_popen as captured_popen